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A BEAUTIFUL LARGE AND RARE EARLY 15TH CENTURY ENGLISH MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE OF ST FIACRE. CIRCA 1420.

ST FIACRE IS HOLDING THE BIBLE AND A SPADE , KNOWN AS THE PATRON SAINT OF GARDENERS.
THIS WONDERFUL ENGLISH MEDIEVAL SCULPTURE HAS AN EXTREMELY CALMING PRESENCE, STOOD WEARING A HOOD OVER HIS HABIT, HIS ALMOND SHAPED EYES ARE VERY REMINISCENT OF THE EARLY 15 TH CENTURY NOTTINGHAM ALABASTER SCULPTURES.
ST FIACRE WAS BORN IN 600 AD IN IRELAND, HE LEFT HIS NATIVE IRELAND AND EMIGRATED TO FRANCE WHERE HE CONSTRUCTED FOR HIMSELF A HERMITAGE TOGETHER WITH A VEGATABLE AND HERB GARDEN, A HOSPICE FOR THE WEIRY TRAVELLERS.

A WONDERFUL AND RARE ENGLISH MEDIEVAL ELM SCULPTURE.

PROVENANCES.
THE HOWARD COLLECTION.

STOCK NO 2061.